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SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Veterans exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange are twice as likely to get prostate cancer as other veterans, University of California-Davis researchers found in a study published online by the journal Cancer.

Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come â€” even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cancer risk from the chemical
dioxin -- present in some U.S. soil, food supplies and most
Americans' bodies -- needs to be reassessed by the
Environmental Protection Agency before it sets a new standard
for cleanup, a U.S.

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cancer risk from the chemical
dioxin -- present in some U.S. soil, food supplies and most
Americans' bodies -- needs to be reassessed by the
Environmental Protection Agency before it sets a new standard
for cleanup, a U.S.

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cancer risk from the chemical
dioxin -- present in some U.S. soil, food supplies and most
Americans' bodies -- needs to be reassessed by the
Environmental Protection Agency before it sets a new standard
for cleanup, a U.S.

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cancer-causing chemical dioxin
-- present in some U.S. water, soil, food supplies and most
Americans' bodies -- should be cleaned up to a new, much higher
standard, a U.S. scientific panel reported on Tuesday.

The cancer-causing chemical dioxin -- present in some U.S. water, soil, food supplies and most Americans' bodies -- should be cleaned up to a new, much higher standard, a U.S. scientific panel reported on Tuesday.

By Ho Binh Minh HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam War veterans and social activists
from several countries demanded on Wednesday that Washington
take responsibility for victims of the Agent Orange defoliant
used by the U.S. military. The call for U.S.

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